Friday, August 30, 2013

Janmashtami celebration at ISKCON, Kolkata

Janmashtami, the appearance day of Lord Krishna, was celebrated
at ISKCON Kolkata on 28th August (Wednesday), 2013.Dance, Drama, Abhishek, Kirtan, Krishna Katha
were the major highlights of the festival. Since, morning large numbers of
people started assembling in the temple hall to take beautiful darshan of the
Lord.The program started at 4:30 a.m.
with Mangala Arati in which everyone enthusiastically participated. The temple was beautifully decorated. Lord Krishna
was dressed with beautiful garments, garlands, colourful flowers, jewels and
ornaments.Many school children
participated in cultural programs based on Krishna’s pastime.

Krishna’s appearance brings
auspiciousness in our lives. If we take shelter of Krishna then all our
miseries will wither away.Arjuna was in
the midst of a ghastly warfare, he was fighting unconquerable warriors like
Bhisma, Drona and Karna but still he was victorious because Lord Krishna was
always with him.If we too want to be
victorious, if we too desire to sail smoothly in this turbulent ocean of
material world then like Arjuna we should also take shelter of Krishna.Krishna will then protect us from all the
dangers and our lives will be full of bliss and ecstasy.

On 29th
August, the 117th birth anniversary of
Srila Prabhupada, the founder acharya of Iskcon, was celebrated with great
fanfare. Srila Prabhupada was born next day after Janmashtami, the Nandotsav
day.